Cincinnati's General Protestant Orphan Home: Beech Acres Parenting Center

by Christine Hall, Natasha Rezaian, Beech Acres Parenting Center

Book Overview

Visit the history of the orphanage in Cincinnati that changed the lives of children left by themselves after their parents died in a cholera outbreak in the 1800s, and went on to become an outstanding Cincinnati institution.

In 1849, a cholera epidemic devastated Cincinnati, taking the lives of 4,114 residents. The First German Protestant Aid Association proposed creating a home for the orphaned children and established the German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738578010
• ISBN13: 9780738578019
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"